KCUR Morning News 4-13-11

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Missouri lawmakers have given final approval to a bill renewing federally funded jobless payments for thousands of people who lost their benefits because of a protest against federal spending by several Republican state senators.

The Missouri Senate has begun debate on the congressional redistricting map passed by the House last week.

Federal officials have told a Kansas City psychiatric hospital it is cut off from most Medicare payments.

Federal officials have told a Kansas City psychiatric hospital it is cut off from most Medicare payments.